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[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

In 1988 Dolly Parton pulled every 7th and 8th grader in Sevier County into a room and told them to pick a buddy.

She made them sign a contract.. if BOTH graduate, she hands you both $500. One fails, nobody gets paid.

The county dropout rate went from 35% to 6%.

She handed out the checks herself.

In 1989 she offered $500 to every kid in the county who wanted to go to the local college.

When Gatlinburg burned in 2016, she sent 900 families $1,000 a month for six months.

You've probably heard that part.

Here's the part you haven't:

The fund raised more than expected, so she showed up in May and handed every one of those families another $5,000 on top.

Then she quietly put $3 million into the recovery group that handles the years after the news trucks leave.

She built her county an entire hospital.

She played a benefit concert in 2007, Dollywood and the Stampede matched it, and LeConte Medical Center opened in 2010 with a birthing unit and a women's center in it.

In 2022 she started covering 100% of tuition, books, and fees for Dollywood employees.

Full-time, part-time, AND seasonal.

In 1991 she paid for a bald eagle sanctuary because the birds couldn't be released back into the wild, no press release.

And when Hurricane Helene came through here in Western North Carolina, she wrote a personal check for $1 million and her companies matched it.

She didn't owe North Carolina anything, but she helped us anyway.

She started the Imagination Library because her daddy couldn't read or write. Before he passed, he told her it was the most important thing she ever did.

Rest in Peace, Dolly 🇺🇸

[Dolly Parton @DollyParton]

A message from the family of Dolly Parton.

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

The idea vaccines cause autism was invented by Andrew Wakefield in 1998 in a fraudulent paper.

It's was so thoroughly debunked he lost his license for gross medical malpractice

And here we are 28 years later RFK Jr is dredging it up and using it to inform vaccine policy

[Nateinthewild | Nate Luebbe @nateinthewild]

"Climate change won't destroy the Earth, the planet will be fine!"

Well for me "the planet" includes all the trillions of innocent living creatures who call this rock home. They will not be fine, and I kinda think it's worth working to save THEIR lives.

[New York Yankees @Yankees]

“I might have been given a bad break, but I’ve got an awful lot to live for.” - Lou Gehrig

Today we honor the life and legacy of The Iron Horse as we continue the fight against ALS. #LouGehrigDay

To donate and learn more, visit https://t.co/geXPo7bMaN

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge good and evil, grasp the ultimate meaning of situations, or bear responsibility for consequences. They may imitate or even simulate, but they do not understand what they produce, for they lack the affective, relational, and spiritual perspective through which human beings grow in wisdom. #MagnificaHumanitas

[New York Yankees @Yankees]

So good, so good, so good.

#RepBX

[Dave Severns @dave_severns]

Hoop of the Day… Tacoma, Washington #hoopoftheday

[NASA @NASA]

1972 ➡️2026
Apollo 17 ➡️ Artemis II

[ESPN @espn]

Martial arts grandmaster and action star Chuck Norris has died, his family said in a statement. He was 86.

Norris was a six-time undefeated World Professional Middleweight Karate champion. He founded the United Fighting Arts Federation, as well as a style of karate sometimes known as Chun Kuk Do.

[ESPN @espn]

JADEN BRADLEY GAME-WINNER TO ELIMINATE IOWA STATE IN THE BIG 12 TOURNEY 🔥

THIS IS MARCH 🤯

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

[ESPN @espn]

OH MAMA DON'T YOU CRY 🦅

USA HOCKEY IS GOLDEN FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1980 🥇🇺🇸

[espnW @espnW]

“Tonight, we are the greatest hockey team in the world.”

Tonight belongs to USA Women’s Hockey 🇺🇸

[Team USA @TeamUSA]

CONSIDER THE BIRD FREED. 🦅🇺🇸

#WinterOlympics

[🥀_ Imposter_🖕 @Imposter_Edits]

If you can get beaten over your 1st amendment right, and murdered over your 2nd amendment right, you have no rights.

[World Animal Protection US @MoveTheWorldUS]

They're just trying to figure it out, too. Be kind to animals.

[New York Yankees @Yankees]

MVP. Case Closed.

Congratulations to @TheJudge44 on winning the 2025 American League MVP award 👏

[tasha @tashess_]

how I feel rn after the sauce trade 😔

[JetCast @JetCastPod]

We know buddy....

We know